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The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera
The Whale Rider
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5.00 10
Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780152050177 (0152050175)
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 152
Edition language: English
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Yoz0ra Reads
Yoz0ra Reads rated it
4.0
I saw the movie years ago, and I enjoyed it very much. I didn't realize the film was based on the book until earlier this year. I decided to check out the book because since I enjoyed the movie, I will most likely enjoy the book. I was thrown off by the choice of the narrator of this story. I expe...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it
3.5 I Liked It--But Not as Much as the Film
I liked this book, but I loved the 2002 this was based upon, and that no doubt colored my evaluation--the book didn't touch me in the same way. Which is unusual, because I usually prefer the book versions over their film adaptations, consider them the richer experience. And arguably this is, ...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it
4.0 Whale Rider
A gem that glistens. Beautiful. A contemporary rewriting of an ancient Maori legend. Its messages speak of the strength of women, but even more importantly of the oneness of the past and present, the rational and the irrational, what we understand and don’t understand and of all life on earth. This ...
The Night Owl
The Night Owl rated it
It’s very unusual for me to read a book that I’ve already seen the movie for. However, it’s been some time since I’ve seen The Whale Rider movie and this audio was a freebie from the YA Sync Summer Program so I decided to give it a try. I’m so glad I did. It was a whale of a tale!!! (Sorry couldn’t ...
thebookcoop
thebookcoop rated it
A friend recommended this to me a few years ago and so finally I pulled it off my bookshelf and read it and after such a long time of being embedded in bricks, or books that I wasn’t particularly taken with, The Whale Rider felt like a breath of fresh sea air.Ihimaera chose to tell the story not fro...
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